Comments on: Store Web Content Offline with Webaroo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:41:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Simply Gadgets » Blog Archive » Webaroo Raises A $10 Million Round For SMSGupShup http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-2445886 Simply Gadgets » Blog Archive » Webaroo Raises A $10 Million Round For SMSGupShup Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:40:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-2445886 [...] originally launched as a service that allowed users to see cached web content when they are offline. Founders Rakesh [...] [...] originally launched as a service that allowed users to see cached web content when they are offline. Founders Rakesh [...]

]]> By: Startup Smash » Blog Archive » Webaroo Raises A $10 Million Round For SMSGupShup http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-2398884 Startup Smash » Blog Archive » Webaroo Raises A $10 Million Round For SMSGupShup Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:43:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-2398884 [...] originally launched as a service that allowed users to see cached web content when they are offline. Founders Rakesh [...] [...] originally launched as a service that allowed users to see cached web content when they are offline. Founders Rakesh [...]

]]> By: Webaroo Raises A $10 Million Round For SMSGupShup http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-2398785 Webaroo Raises A $10 Million Round For SMSGupShup Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:30:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-2398785 [...] originally launched as a service that allowed users to see cached web content when they are offline. They presented [...] [...] originally launched as a service that allowed users to see cached web content when they are offline. They presented [...]

]]> By: Mobile Tech Digest: PDA and GPS - Products, news and reviews. » Surf the Internet without the Internet http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-734792 Mobile Tech Digest: PDA and GPS - Products, news and reviews. » Surf the Internet without the Internet Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:28:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-734792 [...] Webaroo is a company that does just that. I think it’s a brilliant idea (though, judging by the comments on the mini-review on TechCrunch, not new). Most of us don’t always need the absolute latest information, and if we’re thinking of doing some offline browsing, it’s going to be in a situation when Internet access is either non-existent, patchy or prohibitively expensive. [...] [...] Webaroo is a company that does just that. I think it’s a brilliant idea (though, judging by the comments on the mini-review on TechCrunch, not new). Most of us don’t always need the absolute latest information, and if we’re thinking of doing some offline browsing, it’s going to be in a situation when Internet access is either non-existent, patchy or prohibitively expensive. [...]

]]> By: Tony http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-185362 Tony Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:49:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-185362 the local phone company here in the UAE has recently blocked skype. Is there a way to break this blocking? the local phone company here in the UAE has recently blocked skype. Is there a way to break this blocking?

]]> By: eIT http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-101640 eIT Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:17:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-101640 On a side note, the dotMobi mTLD (mobile top level domain) has just been released and is in the sunrise registration period...the promise of dotMobi is to ensure that those sites with dotMobi extension will be tuned to mobile browsing...it is thus expected to make mobile browsing a far more enriching experience. One can expect a number of .mobi web sites - those that conform with standards for mobile browsing - to be online starting Oct 2006…while opinion is divided whether dotMobi will revolutionise mobile browsing or would be just another flash in the pan, when one considers that there are four mobile phones for every PC on earth, it certainly appears worth trying out a separate TLD More info on dotMobi can be found at Mobinomy.com @ http://www.mobinomy.com , this site also plans to start a dotMobi directory soon Ec from IT, Software Database @ http://www.eit.in On a side note, the dotMobi mTLD (mobile top level domain) has just been released and is in the sunrise registration period…the promise of dotMobi is to ensure that those sites with dotMobi extension will be tuned to mobile browsing…it is thus expected to make mobile browsing a far more enriching experience.

One can expect a number of .mobi web sites - those that conform with standards for mobile browsing - to be online starting Oct 2006…while opinion is divided whether dotMobi will revolutionise mobile browsing or would be just another flash in the pan, when one considers that there are four mobile phones for every PC on earth, it certainly appears worth trying out a separate TLD

More info on dotMobi can be found at Mobinomy.com @ http://www.mobinomy.com , this site also plans to start a dotMobi directory soon

Ec from IT, Software Database @ http://www.eit.in

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Supernovaのスタートアップ12社 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-99734 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Supernovaのスタートアップ12社 Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:24:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-99734 [...] Webaroo Santa Clara市に本拠を置くWebaroo社は新しいサービスを4月に発表した。これはPC(Mac版はまだリリースされていない)ユーザーにオフライン時でも、Webコンテンツのキャッシュにアクセスできるよう支援している。Webaroo社は”web pack（ウェブパック）”と呼ばれるあらかじめセットになったWebサイトのキャッシュを提供しているが、ユーザーがアクセスしたいサイトを自由に選んでキャッシュすることも可能である。さらに詳しい情報はTechCrunchのWebarooの記事を参照。 [...] [...] Webaroo Santa Clara市に本拠を置くWebaroo社は新しいサービスを4月に発表した。これはPC(Mac版はまだリリースされていない)ユーザーにオフライン時でも、Webコンテンツのキャッシュにアクセスできるよう支援している。Webaroo社は”web pack（ウェブパック）”と呼ばれるあらかじめセットになったWebサイトのキャッシュを提供しているが、ユーザーがアクセスしたいサイトを自由に選んでキャッシュすることも可能である。さらに詳しい情報はTechCrunchのWebarooの記事を参照。 [...]

]]> By: The Body Remover http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-95836 The Body Remover Sun, 09 Jul 2006 20:54:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-95836 Programs similar to Webaroo exist for at least 10 years now. Examples: Offline Explorer Pro, Teleport Pro, WebZip, WGET, etc. I'm quoting from memory from a review I read about 10 years ago. So, what is so cool and new about Webaroo? Such program existed . Take WGET and Google Desktop, add a few batch files (and sprinkle with a bit of Windows Scheduler), and you can create a very good Webaroo replacement! Programs similar to Webaroo exist for at least 10 years now. Examples: Offline Explorer Pro, Teleport Pro, WebZip, WGET, etc. I’m quoting from memory from a review I read about 10 years ago.

So, what is so cool and new about Webaroo? Such program existed .

Take WGET and Google Desktop, add a few batch files (and sprinkle with a bit of Windows Scheduler), and you can create a very good Webaroo replacement!

]]> By: StartupFutures.com » The SuperNova 12 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-93291 StartupFutures.com » The SuperNova 12 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:40:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-93291 [...] Webaroo Webaroo, headquartered in Santa Clara is a new service that launched in April that allows PC users (no Mac support yet) users to access cached web content when they are offline. Webaroo offers pre-selected content, called “web packs”, and users can also cache whatever websites they would like to have access to. For more, see the TechCrunch Webaroo review here. [...] [...] Webaroo Webaroo, headquartered in Santa Clara is a new service that launched in April that allows PC users (no Mac support yet) users to access cached web content when they are offline. Webaroo offers pre-selected content, called “web packs”, and users can also cache whatever websites they would like to have access to. For more, see the TechCrunch Webaroo review here. [...]

]]> By: StartupFutures.com » The SuperNova 12 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-93292 StartupFutures.com » The SuperNova 12 Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:40:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-93292 [...] Webaroo Webaroo, headquartered in Santa Clara is a new service that launched in April that allows PC users (no Mac support yet) users to access cached web content when they are offline. Webaroo offers pre-selected content, called “web packs”, and users can also cache whatever websites they would like to have access to. For more, see the TechCrunch Webaroo review here. [...] [...] Webaroo Webaroo, headquartered in Santa Clara is a new service that launched in April that allows PC users (no Mac support yet) users to access cached web content when they are offline. Webaroo offers pre-selected content, called “web packs”, and users can also cache whatever websites they would like to have access to. For more, see the TechCrunch Webaroo review here. [...]

]]> By: unBlock theBlog » Twelve promising models http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-92738 unBlock theBlog » Twelve promising models Wed, 05 Jul 2006 19:28:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-92738 [...] Webaroo Webaroo, headquartered in Santa Clara is a new service that launched in April that allows PC users (no Mac support yet) users to access cached web content when they are offline. Webaroo offers pre-selected content, called “web packs”, and users can also cache whatever websites they would like to have access to. For more, see the TechCrunch Webaroo review here. [...] [...] Webaroo Webaroo, headquartered in Santa Clara is a new service that launched in April that allows PC users (no Mac support yet) users to access cached web content when they are offline. Webaroo offers pre-selected content, called “web packs”, and users can also cache whatever websites they would like to have access to. For more, see the TechCrunch Webaroo review here. [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch » Blog Archive » The Supernova 12 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-90612 TechCrunch » Blog Archive » The Supernova 12 Mon, 03 Jul 2006 09:33:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-90612 [...] Webaroo Webaroo, headquartered in Santa Clara is a new service that launched in April that allows PC users (no Mac support yet) users to access cached web content when they are offline. Webaroo offers pre-selected content, called “web packs”, and users can also cache whatever websites they would like to have access to. For more, see the TechCrunch Webaroo review here. [...] [...] Webaroo Webaroo, headquartered in Santa Clara is a new service that launched in April that allows PC users (no Mac support yet) users to access cached web content when they are offline. Webaroo offers pre-selected content, called “web packs”, and users can also cache whatever websites they would like to have access to. For more, see the TechCrunch Webaroo review here. [...]

]]> By: Steven http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-34010 Steven Tue, 02 May 2006 04:01:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-34010 I would like to see unlimited link depth.. I download the program thinking it was unlimited link depth but was disappointed when I found that it was only 1 link deep :S I would like to see unlimited link depth..
I download the program thinking it was unlimited link depth but was disappointed when I found that it was only 1 link deep :S

]]> By: rajkumar http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-28649 rajkumar Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:48:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-28649 we need to know more about the webaroo servers.where it will be and it works in the offline.how it fetches the search content from the library we need to know more about the webaroo servers.where it will be and it works in the offline.how it fetches the search content from the library

]]> By: Library clips http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26843 Library clips Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:55:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26843 <strong>Webaroo : offline blogging experience...</strong> TechCrunch points to Webaroo an offline webstorage service. What I like is that you can index a batch of websites to view offline…you will be able to browse any page on that website, like you are on the web. Also if a website links to an extern... Webaroo : offline blogging experience…

TechCrunch points to Webaroo an offline webstorage service.
What I like is that you can index a batch of websites to view offline…you will be able to browse any page on that website, like you are on the web. Also if a website links to an extern…

]]> By: Computerworld Blogs http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26712 Computerworld Blogs Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:13:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26712 <strong>Fla. springs info. leak (and hurray for sysadmins)...</strong> Kowabunga! It's IT Blogwatch, in which Florida has a security blowout. Not to mention the sysadmin song... ... Fla. springs info. leak (and hurray for sysadmins)…

Kowabunga! It’s IT Blogwatch, in which Florida has a security blowout. Not to mention the sysadmin song…
…

]]> By: You Mon Tsang http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26636 You Mon Tsang Wed, 12 Apr 2006 06:01:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26636 Back in 1995, I started a company called Milktruck that had a Web utility that cached the web sites of your choice. For the best web sites, we were pretty smart about what we got. For instance, for the NYTimes, we knew where all the day’s stories were located and got them (rather than the about or search pages). We were bought by Traveling Software (makers of LapLink and interested in all things mobile). The product won all sorts of awards; we tried to sell it at $40 a piece (this was still early in Web development, so selling thru CompUSA seemed reasonable). But people wouldn’t buy. Since then, I’ve seen offline-browsing utilities come and go (some mentioned by others in the comments above) and none has stuck. While I really want someone to solve this problem well, I don’t think enough people need it. This may be the classic problem of a nice-to-have. Back in 1995, I started a company called Milktruck that had a Web utility that cached the web sites of your choice. For the best web sites, we were pretty smart about what we got. For instance, for the NYTimes, we knew where all the day’s stories were located and got them (rather than the about or search pages).

We were bought by Traveling Software (makers of LapLink and interested in all things mobile). The product won all sorts of awards; we tried to sell it at $40 a piece (this was still early in Web development, so selling thru CompUSA seemed reasonable). But people wouldn’t buy.

Since then, I’ve seen offline-browsing utilities come and go (some mentioned by others in the comments above) and none has stuck. While I really want someone to solve this problem well, I don’t think enough people need it. This may be the classic problem of a nice-to-have.

]]> By: Paul Dhaliwal http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26570 Paul Dhaliwal Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:39:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26570 This is kind of product that I DO NOT want to see even implemented. This is why someone with a real product will not even get a chance because people with ideas like this have given people a bad taste. Oh well.. life goes on.. This is kind of product that I DO NOT want to see even implemented. This is why someone with a real product will not even get a chance because people with ideas like this have given people a bad taste.

Oh well.. life goes on..

]]> By: Riccardo http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26540 Riccardo Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:31:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26540 Drawbacks: Windows only .Net Pocket PC only as PDA device If they really want a market they have to be open. Drawbacks:

Windows only
.Net
Pocket PC only as PDA device

If they really want a market they have to be open.

]]> By: Ivan Pope http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26502 Ivan Pope Tue, 11 Apr 2006 17:09:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26502 Hello? I thought the web was a)live and b)interactive. So this says, hey, we'll take a pot-shot at getting exactly what you might need at some point in the future. So anything that works has to be 1.on your machine 2.up to date 3.relevant. And if only one link is missing, whoof, the point goes up in smoke. I H-A-T-E the very idea of it. Hello? I thought the web was a)live and b)interactive. So this says, hey, we’ll take a pot-shot at getting exactly what you might need at some point in the future. So anything that works has to be 1.on your machine 2.up to date 3.relevant. And if only one link is missing, whoof, the point goes up in smoke. I H-A-T-E the very idea of it.

]]> By: Technoogle » Blog Archive » Webaroo, Lost Bet? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26413 Technoogle » Blog Archive » Webaroo, Lost Bet? Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:56:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26413 [...] More Coverage: Techcrunch, GigaOM, Dan Farber, Techdirt, SiliconBeat [...] [...] More Coverage: Techcrunch, GigaOM, Dan Farber, Techdirt, SiliconBeat [...]

]]> By: volkan.ozcelik http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26396 volkan.ozcelik Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:14:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26396 +1 For RSS. Why download tons of information and consume my bandwith? Secondly, I use Teleport pro for mirroring web sites and it is far better than this one I suppose. However, I agree that the potential users of this program constitute a different niche (than RSS readers and teleport pro users). +1 For RSS.

Why download tons of information and consume my bandwith?

Secondly, I use Teleport pro for mirroring web sites and it is far better than this one I suppose.

However, I agree that the potential users of this program constitute a different niche (than RSS readers and teleport pro users).

]]> By: Marquee http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26368 Marquee Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:30:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26368 Well stated Nathan Well stated Nathan

]]> By: Zorrol~~~~ » 06.4.11-IT TODAY http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26366 Zorrol~~~~ » 06.4.11-IT TODAY Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:16:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26366 [...] Store Web Content Offline with Webaroo [...] [...] Store Web Content Offline with Webaroo [...]

]]> By: Nathan Stansell http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26364 Nathan Stansell Tue, 11 Apr 2006 03:41:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/04/10/store-web-content-offline-with-webaroo/#comment-26364 Um, Windows/IE already does this for free - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/mobility/learnmore/offlineviewing.mspx Um, Windows/IE already does this for free - http://www.microsoft.com/windo.....ewing.mspx

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